Emergency Drawdown at Flaming Gorge Hits Its Recreation Economy

Emergency Drawdown at Flaming Gorge Hits Its Recreation Economy

The drought-induced draw to save downstream Lake Powell is wreaking havoc on Wyoming-Utah’s beloved recreation area.Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile and Hannah Romero, Green River StarAs campers with boats flocked to Buckboard Marina at the start of Memorial Day weekend, Tony Valdez was busy issuing refunds and repairing broken boat ramps. One older Green River man, who walked with two canes, left with his money refunded for the season after discoveri…

‘It’s devastating’: Drawdown at Flaming Gorge hits local recreation economy

One Flaming Gorge marina owner said he questions the role of local industries like coal-fired power plants that use large amounts of water, and the idea of adding more facilities like data centers that require even more. “We don’t have the water to give away.”